Improved adjustable clothes-rack



UNITED STATES JEHU BRAINERD AND YV. H. BIIRRIDGE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVED ADJ USTABLE CLOTH ES-RACK.

Specification formingl part of Letters Patent N0. l Lll, dated January 5, 1824.

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Be it known that we, J. BRAINERD and NV. H. BURRIDGE, ot' Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Clothes Racks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ot' this specification, in which- Figure lis a front view. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Figs. 3, ll, and 5 are detached sec tions.

Our invention relates to the construction of a clothes-rack that can be so adjusted that wet garments-as overcoats, shawls, &c.-can he dried and aired even when in a clothes-press or closet, but so arranged and constructed that it can be thrown back against the wall and out of' the way when not needed for this purpose.

In the accompanyingdrawings, D represents a bracket, which may be made either ot' castiron or wood. We prefer the former, for itinvolves less expense in structure, and it can thus be made ornamental and of any desired pattern. This bracket D is secured to a dat wall, or it may he placed in the angle ot the press or room and secured by two common screws. Across the center ot this bracket, and running in a horizontal direction, are two wings or projections, d d, thereby forming a recess for the attachment of the arms, hereinafter to be described, and to which the hooks and pins are attached for supporting the clothes. These arms are one or more in number. Three are shown in the drawings, and are marked A, B, and C, the arm C occupying the middle position. NVhen the bracket D is placed upon a flat wall, the arms A and B will occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, and the arm U will occupy any point intermediate between them. The arms are attached to the bracket by means of pins a b c, which pass through the wings d and through the ends of the arms. Any other mode of attachment that will allow the arms a horizontal Inovement will answer the same purpose. Vhen the bracket D is placed in the angle of the press, hall, or closet, the arms A and B, when pushed back against the wall, will stand at right angles to each other, and in this case the arm C can be laid back against either of the arms A or B.

The hooks or pins upon which the clothes are suspended are so constructed and attached to the arms that they (the hooks) can be readily turned up on either side ot' the arms.

Thus, when the arms are placvdback against the wall, the hooks can be turned in front, and when the arms are swung out from the wall the hooks can be turned up on the opposite side, or some turned one way and some another. I

There are several methods by which the hooks and pins are attached to the arms. One ot' these is shown at E F, in which E shows an arch attached to the top or underl side of the arm, and F shows the hook, one end ot' which rests in or upon the arm, while the other end rests in the arch. The hook can therefore be turned up on either side of the arm.

Another method of attachment is shown at Gr. The hook consists of a rod of metal, so formed that each end forms ahook, the middle portion being straight, around which a metallic clasp is fixed, and by which it is secured to the side ot' the arm. be turned only part way around.

Another method of attachment is shown at- H, and consists simply in inserting the round and straight portion ot' the hook into a round hole bored in the upper side ofthe arm. This is au economical method of attachment, but with this disadvantage, that the hook is aboveA the arm wholly.

Still another lnethod is shown at L M in Fig. l. In this case the hook consists ot' two parts, I and I. i, Figs. 4 and 5, which passes through the arm in a vertical direction. Upon the end of the tenon is formed a T-head. (Shown at i.) The other part of the hook is shown at J. One end of this rod forming the hook has a mortise, m, of sufficient length to admit the passage ot' the T-head t" on the tenen t'. Upon the upper side of the hook J and at right angles to and in the center ofthe mortise mis a stop, n, into which the T-head i drops by giving the bar J halt' a turn after the head i has been passed. through the mortise.

sections I and J are locked together, the two opposite ends of the sections forming the hook. These can be turned entirely around, so as to face in either direction. This form of hook This hook can The part I has a round tenen,

In this way, the two can be reversed in position, and the bnr J to secure by Letters Patent, is-

placed upon the under side of the arm, the only Variation needed being in the turn ofthe hooks, as shown at M Nin Fig. l. The dotted lines in Fig. l shows different positions of the hooks.

When this apparatus is used simply for a clothes-press or closet, all the hooks can be turned in front and the urns laid back against the Wall. Vhen used for airing or drying damp clothes, the arms can be swung out from the Wall.

Vhat We claim as ourinventiomand desire The bracket D, :mns A B C, (one or more being used,) and the reversible hooks H I J, the several parts bein g constructed,arran ged, :1nd combined as and for the purpose herein set forth.

J. BRAINERD. r' p W. H. BURRIDGE.

Vitnesses J. LEONARD, U. J. DooKsTADER. 

